Sunset and Palm Trees

I have been wanting to do palm trees for a long time. It looks difficult but it's really easy. These sunset and palm tree nails are inspired by SoNailicious.

Perfect for Summer

Aruba Blue

Essie Aruba Blue is one of my all time favorite blue nail polishes. It is a stunning sapphire blue that looks amazing on anyone. It applies nicely and is opaque after 2 coats. I love Aruba Blue when it's glossy but I get crazy over it when it's matte. 

Essie : Aruba Blue

Entrancing Emerald

While looking through Pinterest, I happened upon these insanely gorgeous emerald chandelier earrings. I used them as inspiration for my mani. 

Sally Hansen Triple Shine : Archipela Glow

Badgley Mischka Entrancing Emerald Earrings

Beach Nails

It's almost Summer time! If you're going to the beach, you're going to need some beach nails. 

Seashells and starfish on the beach

Cupcake

My sister brought back some Kiko nail polish from her stay in Europe. 2 of them were from their cupcake collection. So of course, I have to use them for cupcake nails! 

Kiko Cupcake : #655

Blue & Gold Leopard

I haven't done a leopard print nail since November! I had big plans for this mani. I was going to do chevron nail vinyls and nail stamping but instead, I decided to keep it simple.   

Essie : Butler Please

Roses

Originally, I wanted to do a delicate vintage rose mani. I don't know what happened. 4 of my 5 fingers are pretty and delicate. But I have this yellow and green index finger that's in your face loud. It's like that game, find the thing that doesn't belong in the group. I like it. It's different, and different is good. 

Pow!

Lemon Jelly

I avoided doing a Jelly Sandwich manicure for a long time. It doesn't seem to look right when I attempt it. I recently saw one I liked so I tried to recreate it. It still looks weird on me. Maybe I'm not doing it right.

Essie Turquoise and Caicos jelly sandwich with lemon accent nails

Lavender Daisies

I'm not sure how I feel about this manicure. The lavender base color is gorgeous but the daisies are a bit messy. What do you think? 

Lavender daisy nails

Yellow & Orange Floral

Another Spring mani. This mani was inspired by @lifeisbetterpolished from Instagram. 

I love how simple and clean it looks. 

I applied 3 coats of Essie Find Me An Oasis to all my nails. 
The flowers and leaves were created with a small nail art brush using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, Zoya Tomoko, Essie Naughty Nautical, and Essie Mojito Madness. 

Essie : Find Me An Oasis

Purple & Gold

These remind me of Mardi Gras. I love the way it looks. 

I applied 2 coats of Essie Sexy Divide on all my nails. I used a small nail art brush to apply french tips with O.P.I Gwen Stefani Love Angel Music Baby. 

Outdoors

Bad Nail Day

Earlier today, I saw these awesome nails by @lauramerino12 on Instagram. I attempted the nail art and it turned out quite lovely. When I applied my top coat, it smeared so badly, I removed them. 

Essie : Cocktails And Coconuts
Essie : Under The Twilight

Lacy Red

This mani was inspired by my lacy red dress from Mother's Day last year. 

I applied 2 coats of Essie Cocktails And Coconuts to all my nails. I used Nicole O.P.I It Starts With Me to create a metallic french tip. 
I stamped a lacy flower design using Mash plate #43 and China Glaze Snap My Dragon. 

 

China Glaze : Snap My Dragon

Glitter Half Moon

We got more snow last night. Luckily it wasn't the blizzard they predicted. So here is something bright and fun on this cold snowy day. 

I applied 2 coats of Essie Watermelon to all my nails. I used a small nail art brush and Butter London Scallywag to create the glitter half moons. 

Essie : Watermelon

Spring Floral

It is still snowing on a weekly basis here and I am so sick of it. Crossing my fingers for Spring to come soon.

I applied 3 coats of Zoya Cole to my pinky, index, and thumb. Zoya Cole is part of their new Spring collection. It is a peachy orange creme color. Goes on smoothly and looks gorgeous!
Middle finger has 2 coats of Zoya Lux from their new Pixie Dust collection. It's a sparkly pink. Looks like crushed pink diamonds on my nails.
Ring finger has 2 coats of Essie Blanc. I used a makeup sponge and sponged on Zoya Cole, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Essie Play Date, and Essie Mojito Madness. I drew on the flowers using a nail art brush and Essie Licorice. A few spots of Essie Mojito Madness for leaves. 

Inspired by Chelsea King.

Zoya Pixie Dust : Lux

Toy Story

I'm going to Disney World in a few days! To celebrate, I did Toy Story nails (inspired by thepolishsquirrel.

Thumb - 2 coats of Revlon Parfumerie Autumn Spice and Essie Licorice.
Index - 3 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Essie Licorice, Essie Aruba Blue, Essie Blanc, and Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 
Middle - 3 coats of Essie Blanc, Essie Mojito Madness, Essie Licorice, Essie Aruba Blue, Zoya Hunter, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Deep Purple, and Sinful Colors GoGo Girl.
Ring - 3 coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny and Essie Blanc.
Pinky - 2 coats of Zoya Dream, Essie Mojito Madness, Essie Blanc, and Essie Licorice. 

Essie : Mojito Madness

Pandas And Hearts

I have to show you all how gorgeous Butter London Trustafarian is. It's a holographic green nail polish. Goes on so smooth and only needed 2 coats. 

Butter London - Trustafarian

Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year! This year is the year of the Horse. I hope the new year brings everyone joy, health, and good fortune. 

Pinky, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Red Carpet. I stamped some gold swirls with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I using Mash plate #40.
Ring finger has 2 coats of Sally Hansen Golden-I. I stamped a pink horse with Essie Watermelon using Mash plate #42.
Middle finger has 2 coats of Sally Hansen Golden-I. Using a small brush, I wrote "福" which is Chinese for "good fortune", with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Red Carpet.  

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear : Red Carpet

49ers

Let me start by saying I don't know anything about football and I don't know anything about the 49ers. I chose to do 49ers solely based on their colors. 

Pinky, middle, and thumb each have 2 coats of Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 
Index finger has 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I and 3 coats of Sinful Colors Paris. 
Ring finger has 3 coats of Essie Blanc and Essie Good To Go top coat. I applied Sinful Colors GoGo Girl, Essie Licorice, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I to each diamond using this tutorial.  

Sinful Colors : GoGo Girl

New Year's

Blue and gold glitter to ring in the new year.

Pinky, ring, and thumb each have 1 coat of Sinful Colors Blue By You and 1 coat of Maybelline Color Show Brocades Beaming Blue.
On my middle finger, I applied 3 coats of Essie Blanc. Using a dotting tool, I alternated between Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pink Satin and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I. I wrote 2014 with a striping brush using Sinful Colors Blue By You.
Index finger has 1 coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I, 1 coat of Sinful Colors Paris, and 2 coats of Nicole O.P.I Selena Gomez Kissed At Midnight. 

Happy 2014!